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H. Sveren Farm

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Description: H. Sveren farm with the family standing in the foreground and a dog, farm buildings and fences in the background. A line of trees is behind the farmhouse o...
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John Quinney

Date: 1920
Description: John Quinney, Richard Quinney's grandfather, standing in front of a horse-drawn harrow on the fields of his farm.
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Katherine Quinney

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Description: Katherine (Kate) Quinney, Richard Quinney's great aunt, standing on a country road near the family's farm looking over fields lightly dusted with snow. Th...
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Marjorie at the Old Place

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Description: Marjorie Quinney looking towards the Quinney family farmhouse from a distant field.
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Grain Binding

Date: 1944
Description: Young Ralph and Richard Quinney pose for a picture while they cut grain by themselves for the fist time. View includes a grain binder, a tractor and their...
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Hay Mowing

Date: 1947
Description: Young Ralph Quinney driving a horse-drawn hay-mower on his family's farm.
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Dragging In the Field

Date: 1945
Description: An elevated view of a man on a tractor harrowing a field on a hillside. A road and field run along the left side and a small field and trees appear on the ...
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Threshing

Date: 1945
Description: A threshing scene in a field. One man pitches grain into a threshing machine while standing on the load of grain in the wagon pulled by two horses. A secon...
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High Jump

Date: 1932
Description: A boy is caught mid-air in his approach to the high jump. Many other children and adults watch. One man identifiable by the "W" on his sweater is a student...
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Farmall Tractor Belt-Driving Machinery in Field

Date: 1931
Description: View across field towards men working in a field. A Farmall tractor is belt-driving machinery, perhaps to bale hay. Farm buildings and silos are in the far...

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